Mechanical toy



March 15, 1927. 1,620,772

H. E. MCCOY MECHANICAL TOY FiledFeb. 2. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR March 15,1927. E cCoy MECHANICAL TO I Filed Feb. 2 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

pair-En STATES ASSIGNMENTS, f o .THE .MGDOWELL immmcirrmm ci i ic I vans, r-EN' s rL NIA A CORPORATION or r'EiiNsYLvAiviA.

MECHANICAL TO YL Application fi'leaf Feb uar 2, 1924. semi are. eeasi;

'1']: his invention relates .to a mechanical toy and important objects thereof are to prov de a- .spring operated mechanical toy Whichis 'charaetenisticof a horse running race, which 5 embodies interchangeable figurative horses mounted for operative movement imitable of running horses Wh1ch,1ncludes,;nove1 structural features permitting of the ,deter-' mination of a winner of arms, and which is capable ofadjustnient toregulate thenumiher of turns to be made around the track.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a toy oft-he typestated, in amanner hereinafter set forth which is'simpleiin-its construction and arrangement, sftrong,- durable and efficient invitsuse, entertaining, compact; attractive in appearance and comparativel-y inexpensive: to manufacture. With :the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear .asthe description proceeds the invention resides the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatehange's' in the precise embodiment of the iIiYeIltiOn herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of What is claimed Without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the drawing forming a portion of til-1S, specification and wherein. like numerals of transversely extending finish line mark A spring driwemotor 41 is fixecl lymou'ntech 'inany suitable manner, on the base 1, and ineludes a Vertically ,extendingidriye' shaft 5,.

center oi?- the sin disposed at-the idiainetric I, cularwraeetr ack fl." 4 v A support 6 is mounted ;ad va;cent the connected to the latter by reference designate corresponding. parts l 'r ure. 5 is a detail ViGW O-f the Sh f notes" a. large fiat: rectangular base :liavingi its top face: printed or otherwise marked to-repi-' resent a circular race track 2 including a Lil piper end ;0f ,the motor drivevshaft 5, and; is

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l nel lli onl as indicated at 7 ,r to vcause the rotation of the support :6 With the dniue shaft 5, and at the same time, permit ofits which is provided with a 'relativ The support 56 is-iormedwieh. a spaced; parallel dispQscd ears 8,

ready detachmentthere-from -i'or the rpm-- [pose to be described!" each of ely aligned aperture. 9. One ,endof the horizontally dis,- posed crank shaft 10 is rotatahlymounted 1n the support E6 extending through the apertures 9* of the ears ;8.

The lci'an'k shai't ,pair of 1031spreferably'maintained in lihQ'SUPPOKE is I frictionally mounted n t e 611 0;? the icrankshafit Similar collar 11: end ofthe crank shafi. 19 m th bedescribed;

- 10 to facilitate 'itsnremoyal therefrom; A i mediate .011 the router 'pl s pose to The outer portion of the crank shaftnli) is. f m d it nnomide p r ty o crack which. latter re dispesei di ectly 6 h race track i -haemb c ment;io a iir then-iimhel' may b we ifidc iredi l-h W- l 1Q p k-s l e d a etr c ly 01 9- po'sed relatively to eachother,

and th e; outer feranks 13 are also diametrically cp- PQSed elat ve y t e c o er, howevee he two outer {cranks 13: extend h eith opposed or dispQSGd-at right-angles with ref 99 t any erof the Qrank l a ight angl 1 r a e y t th wo nn r crank 2; h ree for m trieally r "A d k Wh el Hi fixedly men-nee Jon the ra k ha a is disp se thcree r m h -m d a the enter ra ks and he in er an s 12- Th d Whe 14: tra e s on he ppl o mat h ater idfth irace hack 2 and supponts the tter end; of the cranl; shafit The i action of the, d sk-Wheel 14 is mp nb fiet tio to t e-c ank ha 0 wh n.

e la ter sw ne ar md e e th ra r ck 2 during the operation of the device;

A figure representatie of horse with jockey is connected to nks 12am. :3 rm an io a 1 Th a ter is se st nt ail 1- portion of which consists of pen iz ri pcs lfa 33 E75,

ir f: spaced while the cl p bawdy-one This is readily accomplished by pressing the free arms 17 flatly together while slipping the clip 16 over the outer end of the crank shaft 10 to respective cranks 12 and'13. The spaced relation of-the free arm 17 will eliminate any tilting action of the clip 16 when mounted'in position on the cranks 12 and 13.

The figures are rigidly held in the up rightposition by forcing the lower forward ends thereof into theU-shaped clamps 18 of the clips 16, as clearly illustrated at 20, in

Figure 3, of the drawing. The rear ends 21 of the figures 15 contact with and are drawn along the race track. I

' The operation of the spring motor 4 will cause thetravel of the horizontally disposed crank shaft 10 around over the race track 2 in the counter clockwise direction. The inner end of the crank shaft 10 being rotatably mounted in the support 6, the traction of the disk wheel 14 upon the base 1, will at the same time rotate the crank shaft 10. As the figures 15 are pivotally connected at their front ends, by means of the clips 16, to the cranks 12 and 13, the operation of the latter will transmit a bobbing movement, typi- 1 cal to running horses, to the figures 15. A regulator 22 vertically mounted for fric-' tional rotation as at 23, to the frame of the motor 4, is provided to regulate the number of laps of the race to be run. The regulator 22 consists of a plurality of radially disposed straight arms 24, one of which is formed with a hooked end 25, constituting astop arm. The regulator 22'is disposed in the path of travelof the crank shaft 10, which latter actuates the regulator 22 when contacting with the arms 24 thereof during the operation of the device. As the crank shaft 10 sweeps around in the counter clockwise direction it will causethe intermittent actuation of the regulator 22 in the'clockwise direction. The regulator 22 is adjusted bypositioning one of the arms 24 in the vertical position to be engaged by the first sweep of the crank shaft 10. The number of arms 24 disposed intermediate of the one "posi- -tioned for the first engagement, as stated, and the stop arm 25 will determine the number of laps which will be made before the crank shaft 10 and associated figures 15, are

automatically brought to a stop, as the p hooked end 25 of the stop arm engages the crank shaft 10 and secures the latter against further rotation.

The regulator is so positioned with respect to the finish line mark 3, that its operation,-as above stated, will bring the figures 15 to a stop with the front end or nose of winner in close proximity to a vertical line from the finish mark 3.

A'barrier element is mounted at the side d' of the race track 2 and is positione'dadjacent to the finish line mark 30.

The barrier element comprises a support 26 which is pivotally connected to the base 1 by means of a pair of bearings 27. A barrier arm 28 provided with an angularly disposed supporting portion 28', is attached to the support 26 by means of the sleeve29. The arm 28, due to the pivotal connection of the support 26, may be shifted to either the vertical position or to the horizontal position as shown in Figure 1 and in Figure 2. To facilitate such shiftable movementof the arm 28 the rear end of the support is formed to provide an operating lever 32. The support 26 is formed with an angularly disposed member 30 formed with a depression 31in its forward end for the reception and elevation of the outer end of the crank shaft 10 when in the stopping position for the purpose to be described. s

In practice the operation of the mechanical toy is as follows :When' the device is in the inoperative position the outer end of the crank shaft 10 is manually positioned in the depression 31 of the support 26, thereby ele-' vating the crank shaft 10 sufficiently to allow the wheel disk14 to clear the base 1. The crank shaft 10 is now revolved by the manipulation of the collar 11- to .inadvertently position the cranks 12 and 13,'together with respective figures 15 mounted thereon in such a manner that they will not stop in the same positions as in the previous race.

The regulator 22 is adjusted in the manner ,hereinbefore described for the number of ans and figures 15 around over the race track representation 2 on the base 1. When a predetermined number of laps have been made the stop arm 25 of the regulator 22 will engage the crank shaft 10 and lock the same against further rotation. During the travel of the crank shaft 10around the track 2, as above stated, the disk wheel 14, 'due toits contact with the base 1, will cause the rotationof the crank shaft 10, and thereby impart a bobbing action to the figures 15 pivotally connected to respective cranks 12 and 13. As all the cranks 12 and 13 vary-in disosition relatively to each other on the crank is connected to the crank in most forward position when the crank shaft 10 is brought to a stop in the manner above described.

shaft 10 the winning figure 15 is the one that a be necessarytoshiftthe barrier organza crank shaft .Wili contactwlith-theangular track member 36 oftthe support 126 and slide-into the .depressign 31 thereof, thereby "bringing .the crankshaft toi,a f uli l1stop. a

It will be noted .tliatlthe construction and arrangeinentwoflthe collars lland ll on the crank sha-ft lO, ofgthe" clips 16 and figures 15 mounted thereon, and of the provision of the sleeve 29 for connectingthe support 26 to the barrier arm 28, facilitate the'disassembly of the device to reduce the latter to a more compact form for convenience in transportation and storage.

What I claim is: c 1. A toy comprising a base having its surfaces marked to represent a circular race track, a crank shaft extending over said and provided with a plurality of a figurative object pivotally connecteach of said cranks, a motor includcranks, ed with ing a drive shaft mounted on said base, said drive shaft disposed at the diametric center of said track and connected to said crank #0 shaft for swinging the latter around over said track, and means for rotating the said' crankshaft during the swinging of said crankshaft around over said track.

2. Atoy comprising a base having its surfaces marked to represent a circular race track, a crank shaft extending over said track and provided with a plurality of cranks, a figurative object pivotally connected with each of said cranks, a motor including a drive shaft. mounted on said base, said drive shaft disposed at the ,diametric center of said track and connected to said crank shaft for swinging the latter around over said track means for rotating the said crankshaft durlng the swinglng of said crank shaft around over said track, and,

7 means for regulating the number of turns of said crankshaft around over said track.

3. A toy comprising a base having its surfaces marked to represent a circular race track, a crank shaft extending over said track and provided with a' plurality of cranks, a figurative object pivotally connected with each of said cranks, a motor including a drive shaft mounted on said base, said at the diametric center drive shaft disposed of said track and connectedto said crank shaft for swinging the latter around over said track and means carried by said crank shaft and traveling on saidbas e for rotating said crankshaft during the swinging of said crankshaft around over said track.

4. A toy comprising a base having its surfaces marked to represent a circularrace track, a crank shaft extending over said crank shaft and traveling on said crankshaft for swinging the latter around [by said base for rotating said crankshaft during the swinging of said vcrankshaft around over said over said track and means carried track, and means for-regulating the number track.

5. In combination, a toy comprising a base having its surface marked to represent a of turns ofsaid crankshaft around over said shaft disposed at the diametric circular race track, a crank shaft provided ject pivotally connected with each of said cranks, a spring operated motor including a drive; shaft mounted on said base, said driveshaft vertically disposed at the diametric center of said track, a support mounted on said drive shaft to rotate therewith, said support pivotally connected with said crankshaft to swing said crankshaft around over said track during the rotation of said drive shaft, and means for rotating said crankshaft to impart a bobbing movement to said figurative objects, during the swing ing of said track. a

p 6. a In combination, a toy comprising a base having its surface marked to represent a circular race track, a crank shaft provided with a plurality of cranks, a figurative object pivotally connected witheach of said cranks, a spring operated motor including a drive shaft mounted on said base, said drive shaft vertically disposed at the diametric center of said track, a support mounted on said drive shaft to rotate otally connected with said crank shaft to swing said crankshaft around over said track during the rotation of said drive shaft, means for rotating said crankshaft to im-' part a bobbing movement to said figurative objects, during the swinging of said crank;

shaft around over said track, and means for regulating the number of turns of said. crankshaft around over said track.

7. In combination, base having its surface marked to represent a circular race track,-a spring operated motor including a vertical drive shaft mounted on said base, posed at the tending crankshaft pivotally mounted at its inner end in said support, said crank shaft including two pairs of cranks disposed over crankshaft around over said with a plurality of cranks, a figurative obtherewith, said support piv-, I

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a toy comprising a flat said drive shaft vertically disdiametric center of said race track, a support detachably'mounted onthe upper of said drive shaft, a horizontally ex- 1 said race track, one of each pair of cranks.

diametrically opposed with respect to the other crank of said pair and one pair of cranks extending at right angles relatively to the other of said pair of cranks, a detachable clip pivotally connected with each of said cranks, a figurative objectv detachably connected to each of said clips at its forward end, a disk wheel fixedv on said crankshaft and travelling on said base for rotating said crankshaft, means for regulating the number of rotations of said drive shaft, and a bar-' rier element shiftable to elevate said disk wheel from said base, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

8. A toy comprising a base having a cirby the same,

cularrace track, a crank shaft disposed transversely of the said track and provided with a plurality of cranks, a figurative object-connected with each of said cranks, and having a bobbing movement imparted to it a motor, means actuated by the motor and connected with the crank shaft for swinging the latter around the track, andineans for rotatingsaid crank shaft during the swinging of said crank shaft around the said track.

In testimony whereof I affix my, signature.

' s HARRY E. MCCOY. 

